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The federal government is running out of a key ingredient for nuclear weapons: high-purity depleted uranium. Now they want to manufacture it in rural Tennessee.
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Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events.
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The two-year budget bill of the Republican supermajority outlining the spending of $31 billion in state tax revenue cleared the Kentucky House and now heads to the Senate. -
An energy company is developing a $142 million facility in far western Kentucky that will take agricultural waste from local farms and businesses and convert it into a renewable form of natural gas. -
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The Kentucky Supreme Court’s first Black woman justice will be the keynote speaker at the Modernette Civic Club of Hopkinsville’s annual African American Heritage Breakfast on Saturday. -
The latest version of the $31 billion GOP budget bill, which includes more money for education and Medicaid, passed a Kentucky House committee — before the public could read it. -
Churchill Downs Incorporated cut the ribbon Wednesday on the new Marshall Yards Racing & Gaming facility in Calvert City, welcoming in over 200 guests who lined up to be among the first to try out a collection of historical racing machines.
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The anti-parasitic drug became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now being embraced as an alternative treatment for cancer. It is as politically polarizing as ever. -
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, about President Trump's unilateral authorization to strike Iran.
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Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds. -
Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday. -
The decorated British actress discusses her new film Midwinter Break, her role in Oedipus on Broadway and how she balances stage and screen.
